Nymalthusianism i svensk press : En studie om den offentliga svenska debatten gällande Knut Wicksells förespråkande av barnbegränsning, preventiva medel- och åtgärder

Sammanfattning: This study aims to investigate Swedish newspaper’s takes and debates on professor Knut Wicksells outed opinions on reproductive restrictions and contraceptives. He, who was a liberal free thinker, endorsed contraceptives and claimed child restriction policy as a necessity for the welfare of the nation. He proposed these actions while calling himself a neo-malthusian. The study is performed by analyzing digitalized source materials of various Swedish newspapers from the Swedish Royal Library, Stockholmkällan and Project Runeberg. This was a controversial topic, which caused a temporary uproar during his most active years and startled a hot debate across the political spectrum during the Swedish fertility transition, as birth rates were starting to drop in the late 19th century. The study follows debate articles, chronicles and letters to editors of various newspapers that had lifted the subject and related it to different political goals.